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#India It’s only a thousand cases & just over 30 deaths. This is probably because of testing not being adequate, similar to what happened in the early stage of the epidemic in US, as well, where it suddenly catches fire in some population, and then it really takes off.
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And we’ve got a lot of compounding problems
-health-system capacity is weak
-hospital beds remarkably low
-population w/TB & respiratory issues, pneumonia, high rates of smoking & air pollution.
1/3 of India's adults are hypertensive
1/10 are diabetic
But, certainly, the conditions for a rapid spread of the disease are all there in the urban areas. And, without question, it’s likely that it will just rip through the population
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